Long Beach Yokoji-Zen

Local Radio Show Swoop’s World Celebrates 1 Year Anniversary Tonight with Guest Heather Crow Nelson

With 66 shows in the can, tonight’s 67th marks the one-year anniversary for Swoop’s World Radio. On December 9, 2009 Swoop and Peter launched Swoop’s World Radio on the BlogTalk Radio Network with the goal of tapping into the arts, culture, politics and lifestyle of Long Beach and Southern California. One Year of Internet Radio [...]

Weekly Meditation group starts at Catalyst Community Center

The Yokoji-Zen Mountain Center will launch a regular Zen meditation program in Long Beach.  The first meeting is planned for Saturday, April 10 in the East Village. Starting at 8 a.m. there will be basic meditation instruction, followed by meditation until 9 a.m. Then there will be a brief period of work practice and social [...]

Buddhist abbot will share Zen practices at free talk on Thursday

This Thursday, Charles Tenshin Fletcher, Roshi, the abbot of Yokoji-Zen Mountain Center (YZMC), will discuss Zen practice at a free public talk at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Long Beach. YZMC is planning to open a Zen center in Long Beach to offer resources to those who are interested in meditation and Buddhism. The talk [...]

Does Long Beach need a Zen Center? Yokoji-Zen says, Yes

There aren’t a lot of local resources for residents who are interested in learning meditation and Buddhism. Yokoji-Zen Mountain Center (YZMC) plans to change that by opening a Zen center in Long Beach. According to Long Beach resident Victoria Posthuma, “Visiting Yokoji-Zen Mountain Center is wonderful—I always find it refreshing and an enormous opportunity to [...]